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@met @time g MAT THEW D. SMITH, OFINDEPE N DENCE, IOWA. Lene/gs Patent No. 86,950, daad Fama/rig 1o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN.OMBINED SEEDING-.MACHINE AND CULTIVIATOR.V

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part f the Lame.

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, MATTHEW DSMITH, of Independence, in the county of Buchanan, and State of Iowa,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeder and Cultivator combined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciicatiori, and in which- Figure 1 represents a side view, with one wheel removed, and

Figure 2, a plan view of my seeder' yand cultivator.

Similar letters indicate like parts in each figure.

My invention relates to certain improvements in seeders and cultivators, the peculiarities of which will hereinafter be fully described.

In the accompanying drawings- I-I H represent the wheels, and

I I, the axle-tree, to the upper side of which is attached the seed-box, or hopper J, which is provided with the agitator-bar K and. distributers a a a.

At one end of the agitator-bar K is secured the pinion t', which works into the gear-wheel o, attached to the hub of the wheel H, for the purposeof giving a rotary motion to theagitato' K and its distributers ay a a, when the machine is in operation.

The hopper .I is also provided with a slide, D,`in its bottom, made with holes or seed-cells, D', sliding over corresponding seed-cells, d, formed in the bottom of the hopper, the object of which will hereinafter be fully set forth.

E E are blocks, slotted at one end, and the other end secured to the under side of the axle-tree I. G G G, the cultivator-barls, are bent in the shape seen in fig. 1, and pivoted to the slotted blocks E E, by means of wooden pins, so that when the cultivatorbars come in contact with an obstruction, the pins break, thereby avoiding injury to the cultivator-bars.

' 'The rod L is bent at right angles at each end, and pivoted to the outer blocks E E.

This rod is connected with thecultivator-bars G G G by metal straps or links, a! a' a', and both connected with the lever A, by means of the bar c.

The lever A is bent at a right angle at its lower Vend, and pivoted at its vertex to the block p, which is secured to the rear side of the-hopper J.

The spring Gis secured to the inside of the hopper J, and in connection with the lever B, which is pivoted at its centre to the rear side of the hopper andits lower end attached to the slide D, its upper, end forming a curve projecting above the hopper, for the purpose of opening and closing the seed-cells d', when the lever A is acted upon. Y

Having thus fully described my invention,

. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The spring C, in combination with the levers Aand B, and slide D, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing a smy own, I my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: MATTHEW D. SMITH.

J oHN HOLLETT, S. E. SMITH. 

